{"product_id":"a-theory-of-textuality-jorge-j-e-gracia-9780791424681","title":"A Theory of Textuality: The Logic and Epistemology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is just what it says it is: A theory of textuality divided into two parts, logical and epistemological.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first comprehensive and systematic theory of textuality that takes into account the relevant views of both analytic and Continental thinkers and also of major historical figures. The author shows that most of the confusion surrounding textuality is the result of three factors: a too-narrow understanding of the category; a lack of a proper distinction among logical, epistemological, and metaphysical issues; and a lack of proper grounding of epistemological and metaphysical questions on logic analyses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author begins with a logical analysis of the notion of text resulting in a definition that serves as the basis for the distinctions he subsequently draws between texts on the one hand and language, artifacts, and art objects on the other; and for the classification of texts according to their modality and function. The second part of the book uses the conclusions of the first part to solve the various epistemological issues which have been raised about texts by philosophers of language, semioticians, hermeneuticists, literary critics, semanticists, aestheticians, and historiographers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jorge J. E. Gracia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791424685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791424681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 5.95w x 0.63d","brand":"Jorge J. E. Gracia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448943948031,"sku":"9780791424681","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2e2fe2e-7c8b-4aa2-98e2-b3959ca327c8.jpg?v=1777261284","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-theory-of-textuality-jorge-j-e-gracia-9780791424681","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}